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92_SR0383

 
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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are  saddened
 3    to learn of the death of Mila V. Nolan of Chicago, who passed
 4    away March 20, 2002; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Nolan  earned her bachelor's and master's
 6    degrees from DePaul  University,  preparing  to  be  a  music
 7    teacher  during  the  1940s; she volunteered as a "grey lady"
 8    for the American Red Cross during World War II, doing support
 9    services at the Fifth Army Hospital in Chicago; and

10        WHEREAS, Mrs. Nolan married attorney Barney J.  Nolan  on
11    November   12,  1949;  they  spent  thirty-five  happy  years
12    together before his death; Mr. and Mrs. Nolan were the  proud
13    parents of Col. Brian Thomas Nolan, M.D.; and

14        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Nolan  began  her  teaching career at CVS
15    (Chicago Vocational) High School in the late 1940s;  after  a
16    sabbatical  after her son was born, she taught at Morgan Park
17    High School in the late 1950s; the Nolans moved to the city's
18    Northwest Side in 1959, and she began teaching at  Taft  High
19    School, where she stayed until her retirement in 1985; during
20    her  years there she directed the award-winning Girls' Chorus
21    and was a member of the advisory committee which planned  the
22    Taft addition in the early 1970s; and

23        WHEREAS,  Upon  her  retirement,  Mrs. Nolan was asked to
24    write a  column  for  the  Edgebrook-Sauganash  Times  Review
25    newspaper to bridge the various parts of the Northwest Side's
26    Edgebrook   area;   she  continued  to  write  her  "Bridging
27    Edgebrook" column until the week of her death; and

28        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Nolan  became  very  active   with   many
29    community  groups  through  her  involvement with writing the
30    column; she served more than  three  years  on  the  Wildwood
31    School  Local  School  Council as a community representative;
 
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 1    she was a past president of the Edgebrook Woman's Club, and a
 2    member of the Portage  Park  Woman's  Club;  Mrs.  Nolan  was
 3    completing  her  year  as  president  of  District  7  of the
 4    Illinois Division of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS, Mrs. Nolan was one of the first woman members of
 7    the Logan Square Lions Club and a  member  of  the  Jefferson
 8    Park Lions Club; and

 9        WHEREAS, Mila Nolan supported many arts endeavors and was
10    a  member of and volunteer for the Lyric Opera Guild for many
11    years;  she  volunteered  in  the  1960s  for  the   Evanston
12    Historical Society at the Dawes House; and

13        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Nolan  was  a long-time volunteer for the
14    American Cancer Society; she headed the  Edgebrook  Sauganash
15    Unit  in  the  late  1980s,  and  served  on the board of the
16    subsequent Northwest Unit for several years; and

17        WHEREAS,  Among  other   organizations   in   which   she
18    participated on the boards were the Northwest Action Council,
19    the  41st Ward Democratic Women's Organization, and the North
20    Edgebrook Civic Association;

21        WHEREAS, Mila Nolan will be deeply missed  by  all  those
22    who  knew  her  and loved her, especially her son, Col. Brian
23    Thomas (Betty) Nolan; her grandchildren Melissa  and  Steven;
24    her  sister  Sylvia  Duba;  and  her many nieces and nephews;
25    therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL
27    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
28    her family and friends, the  passing  of  Mila  V.  Nolan  of
29    Chicago; and be it further

30        RESOLVED,  That  suitable  copies  of  this resolution be
31    presented to her son, Brian Nolan, and to Anne Lunde  of  the
 
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 1    Edgebrook-Sauganash   Times  Review  with  our  most  sincere
 2    condolences.

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